Android is now warning of Firefox sharing data
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Wait a second. You're expecting Google to not FUD? Ha ha ha oh wow. I mean I didn't actually expect them to do so, but yeah.
Expected, no. Surprised, also no.
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Wait a second. You're expecting Google to not FUD? Ha ha ha oh wow. I mean I didn't actually expect them to do so, but yeah.
Wth is fud?
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Wth is fud?
Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt. It’s more commonly used in crypto communities.
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If your not sure, google it before commenting. For the sanity of the internet.
No. Maybe don't just take something that someone you've never met on the internet said might be true as fact? Maybe you should fucking Google it.
I mean seriously, the tone of my comment was pretty clear. Do you really need me to explain the connotations of "probably," and "everything good comes from it"?
I make an off hand comment that is clearly not an attempt to be informative, and you come in all aggressive. Chill the fuck out.
I'm not saying your doing it intentionally.
Bur it is how it starts.
Edit the person I replied to didn't use probably. Then you came in with a probably statement. That's how miss information starts. People supporting bullshit with "probably"
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Waterfox
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I personally don't want there to be only one browser engine - Chrome. All other browsers use their engine, or the one powering Firefox. That's actually my main concern. I don't know about you, but Chromium being the only web browser in the world is pretty fuckin scary.
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Do you have F-Droid installed? Not to pull a docker, but it is opening for me on 2 separate devices.
You must add the repo first using this link
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It has a mozilla telemetry component, but that doesn't mean that it's necessarily reporting to mozilla - which wouldn't make much sense anyway - nor that it actually functions at all. Most telemetry components in Firefox can't simply be deleted because it causes stuff to break, so they are replaced with stubs that don't actually do anything.
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fennec vs ironfox opinions?
I would love to see a real comparison.
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The DDG app shows no 3rd party tracking attempts made by Firefox at all... So far...
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This is not at all a pot kettle situation, there is no reason to warn about Firefox.
There is: default search results on FF have always legally been sold to Google, the public didn't know since there were no terms of service or mention by FF whenever they uploaded the android version on the playstore that their users data would be collected and some be sold. Position is one of the data that may be sold as it could be used by Google to dermine which localised version of the search result is the best one to serve
And it's not going to be Google in the future: it could be Bing, startpage, ecosia, qwant etc... As long as someone pays, then the results are sold and there needs to be a warning to users.
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Isn't that just because Firefox got access to location data because some site asked for it?
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wait, mozilla has a location provider?
maybe there is open street map, idk what's the difference between a map and a location providerNah, open street maps is part of an open source map initiative with Meta and Microsoft, we're safe there....
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Fennec is great on Android
Great app also maintained by Mozilla
(wait, don't tell me y'all don't know lol)
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Firefox engines have telemetry since old ages. Do you know what even crazier ??? even other firefox browser like fennec has Mozilla telemetry.
PSA : disable it with Blocker (ROOT) for more privacyFennec is maintained by Mozilla
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There is: default search results on FF have always legally been sold to Google, the public didn't know since there were no terms of service or mention by FF whenever they uploaded the android version on the playstore that their users data would be collected and some be sold. Position is one of the data that may be sold as it could be used by Google to dermine which localised version of the search result is the best one to serve
And it's not going to be Google in the future: it could be Bing, startpage, ecosia, qwant etc... As long as someone pays, then the results are sold and there needs to be a warning to users.
the public didn’t know
That's not true, for many years Firefox was basically financed by Google for being the default search engine, because Google didn't want Microsoft to monopolize Internet Browsers. Everybody who had the slightest interest knew that.
But that's completely irrelevant, it's a very marginal source of revenue today, and Firefox does not sell user info to Google. So it's on Google to warn about using Google search.
The only reason for the change in Firefox privacy terms was for clarification. For instance any information given to Firefox, does not grant Firefox ownership of it. (opposite of for instance Facebook)
That's a guarantee of user protection, not the opposite. Firefox has a very limited scope of "using" user data, like for instance storing links with Firefox, so they work across multiple devices.
There is no "harvesting" of user behavior or information.https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/03/mozilla-rewrites-firefoxs-terms-of-use-after-user-backlash/
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Either die a hero……
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Firefox engines have telemetry since old ages. Do you know what even crazier ??? even other firefox browser like fennec has Mozilla telemetry.
PSA : disable it with Blocker (ROOT) for more privacy -
Librewolf for Linux. And ironfox on android
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NnnnnoooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOO
